Join the Playground for the Inaugural CoCoSho on April 9th!
Since 2006, our annual Colorado Composers Concert (CoCoCo) has featured 118 works by 80 different Colorado-based composers including 16 K-12 composers. Recently, we shifted the focus of this concert to the Colorado Collaborators Showcase (CoCoSho) so that we could continue to expand the realm of contemporary music and offer a platform for cross-disciplinary artists to expand their creative practice and experiment with contemporary chamber music. Resembling a cross-discipline residency, the intent of CoCoSho is to diversify our collaborative partners, offer opportunities for non-musical groups and organizations to create new works involving music, and bring more equity to our commissioning process.
The program will include:
World premiere of “Hollow: A Banishing Ritual” by Silen Wellington, which explores the paradox of being both de- and hyper-sexualized as a transgender person
World premiere of “Ghost Figures” by Ben Morris
World premiere of “Poisons” by Robert Strobel, who won the Barlow Endowment Commissioning Prize in 2019
Rzewski’s “Coming Together” with choreography by Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre
World premiere of “Timestream” by Sarah Whitnah in collaboration with sound sculptor Alex Branch, and featuring Branch’s sculptural instruments
Tickets will range from $10-15; purchase tickets here!